Help!!

[Riley]

I have an urgent need for a 76" x 55", 2-blade wooden propeller for ~125hp with SAE1 hub pattern (6ea 3/8" bolts with 4.375" PCD, 2.25" centre hole & .625" lug dia). Anybody have a spare collecting dust in the hangar that they would consider selling? New purchase prices, delivery delays and S&H charges out of the US are heart attack numbers. PM me or call Bob on 0428 338 933. Thanks

 

 

[Riley]

I have an urgent need for a 76" x 55", 2-blade wooden propeller for ~125hp with SAE1 hub pattern (6ea 3/8" bolts with 4" PCD, 1.86" centre hole and 3.475" hub thickness). Anybody have a spare collecting dust in the hangar that they would consider selling? New purchase prices, delivery delays and S&H charges out of the US are heart attack numbers. PM me or call Bob on 0428 338 933. Thanks

Well, to date I have the following responses to my plea for a replacement prop:

- a 72" x 55" 2-blade in WA. ......Available but wrong hub specs

 

- a 76" x 55" Sensenich w/ brass leading edge in California. .....Wrong hub specs (Damn!)

 

- an 80" x 50" in FN NSW. .........Dia too big - potential prop strike

 

- a Culver 72" x ? in WA. ........Too frail for 115hp

 

- 3 propeller manufacturers (2 OZ, 1 NZ) who can build but can't deliver till end March early April.

 

Nothing in the above list does me any immediate good but it's enough of a response to lead me to think there must be other potential new/used props in the traps that might suit my needs. Come on folks, tax your memories and send me some leads. cheers riley

 

 

[Jabiru Phil]

Have a Jab 230 prop doing nothing since upgraded to newJab Scimitar.

 

PHIL.

 

 

[Riley]

Have a Jab 230 prop doing nothing since upgraded to newJab Scimitar.PHIL.

Thanks Phil. Because this is a draggy airframe with the 115hp engine it needs to have a large dia/canoe-paddle type prop. I believe hanging a refined Jab prop on the flange would spin the blade tips into orbit at WOT and I'd end up with another shattered propeller. That said, I very much appreciate your involvement in trying to get me out of a bind. cheers riley

 

 

[Riley]

Have any aviators or operators in OZ/NZ had experience (good or bad) with the services and products of Aero Performance Propellers of Otorohanga on the North Island? This company, formerly operating as Thompson Aero of Gisborne, has provided me a pretty attractive offer to build a prop to my requirements at a decent price and, notwithstanding the extended delivery delay, I am sorely tempted. Anybody with positive comments can post here and any not-so-good remarks can be PM'd to me. Any advice would be much appreciated. tks 'n rgds riley